Data Center Management

The data center management community focuses on the holistic management and optimization of the data center. From technologies such as virtualization and cloud computing to data center design, colocation, energy efficiency and monitoring, the BrightTALK data center management community provides the most up-to-date and engaging content from industry experts to better your infrastructure and operations. Engage with a community of your peers and industry experts by asking questions, rating presentations and participating in polls during webinars, all while you gain insight that will help you transform your infrastructure into a next generation data center.

Data center owners and service providers are facing unique challenges. As data consumption continues to increase and storage demands rise, having a strategy for sustainable, cost-effective and secure operations is paramount. Deep dive into what to expect on the CTO’s agenda in 2018, the digital transformation of today’s data centers, and the best storage models for your organization.

Industry experts will give their view on the future of Enterprise Architecture and how it is going to impact the business process management in relation to new developments in Internet of Things (IoT), AR/VR, digital transformation and new IT infrastructure design.

Software-defined is the future. With the adoption of software-defined data centers, storage and networking, IT professionals should expect better automation and flexibility in data management, which in return would increase innovation in cloud and adoption of modern IT approaches such as DevOps.

The data center of 2020 will look nothing like the data center of today. With the advancements of network connectivity, hyper-convergence and storage technologies, the data center will be more powerful and more efficient than ever before. Learn from leading experts developing the most advanced infrastructures today and where it can be in the future.

2017 will be an exciting year in the Data Center industry, with emerging technologies like Hyper-Converged Infrastructure, containers, software-defined, and micro services seeing increased growth and adoption. These technologies have the potential to be hugely beneficial to organizations, but are difficult and costly to implement. Join this summit to hear about the latest Data Center technologies and innovations, and how to adopt and implement them from leading vendors, speakers and industry bodies.

Software-defined will continue to occupy priority status of the CIO’s agenda in 2016-2017. This technology, present throughout Data Centers, Storage and Networking, is challenging to adopt and implement, but can provide organizations with high rewards. The SDDC industry will be worth an estimated $77 billion by 2020, but many organizations are still struggling to transition from traditional data centers. Join this summit to learn the best ways to achieve this from industry leading vendors, thought leaders and associations.

Software-defined technologies are enabling organizations to move forward at a rapid pace. Join this interactive summit to hear experts provide insights into the latest software-defined technology, as well as the noteworthy changes in flash, memory and server hardware architecture that can be leveraged by that software.

Effectively and efficiently protecting an organization's data is imperative to its overall health and success. As the adoption and growth of workplace mobility, BYOD and flexible working continues, securing data will continue to be a top priority for every organization for the rest of this decade. Join this summit to discover the various options available to enterprises to ensure they have a comprehensive and cohesive backup and recovery strategy in place.

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), is hosting its annual Data Storage Innovation Conference (DSI , www.snia.org/events/dsicon). DSI will take place June 13-15, 2016 in San Mateo, CA. The conference is conducive for quality networking and education experience for IT departments, cloud service providers, solution architects, storage technology specialists, product and solution vendors, system integrators, and traditional channel communities.
Join BrightTALK's live stream on June 13 and 14 to catch days 1 and 2 of the Data Storage Innovation Conference, including the morning general sessions.

As more and more data is created and more and more functions rely on the data center - from virtualization, storage, software-defined and applications - data center efficiency is becoming essential, but where do you start? Join experts from around the world as they discuss how to upgrade the data center using methods such as power & cooling, data center design, DCIM and more in the Data Center Sustainability & Efficiency Summit.